Published: Friday, December 13, 2013 at 4:43 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, December 13, 2013 at 4:43 p.m.

This list contains people convicted in Marion County, sentenced to death and currently on death row. Convicted murderer Michael S. Bargo Jr., 21, was sentenced to death on Friday and will be joining them.

Sonny Boy Oats Jr.

Age when murder committed: 22

Current age: 56

Victims: Jeanette Dyer

Year of murder: 1979

Year of conviction: 1981

Sentencing judge: William T. Swigert

About the case: Oats shot Dyer while she worked as a convenience store clerk in Martel. Oats' objective was to rob the store, where $100 was in the register. At trial the state presented evidence Oats had fired a bullet from close range through the woman's right eye just four days before Christmas. After his arrest he confessed to killing Dyer and admitted the day before Dyer's death he robbed the ABC liquor store and discharged a gun.

Ian Lightbourne

Age when murder committed: 21

Current age: 54

Victim: Nancy O'Farrell

Year of murder: 1981

Year of conviction: 1981

Sentencing judge: William T. Swigert

About the case: Lightbourne, a Bahamian native, killed the 41-year-old victim inside a home in Southeast Ocala where she lived alone. Lightbourne surprised the woman as she exited her shower, then raped her. As she was begging for her life, he shot her in the head with a .25-caliber pistol. During trial, the state said the defendant killed the young woman so she couldn't identify him. O'Farrell's family pioneered Ocala's thoroughbred horse breeding industry. Lightbourne had been a former employee of the O'Farrell family's Ocala Stud Farm.

Anthony Ponticelli

Age when murder committed: 20

Current age: 46

Victims: Nicholas and Ralph Grandinetti

Year of murder: 1987

Year of conviction: 1988

Sentencing judge: Ray McNeal

About the case: Ponticelli lured the two brothers to a remote location under the pretense they would be able to make a drug deal. All three men were in the car — the brothers in the front seat and Ponticelli in the back. During the ride, Ponticelli shot both in the back of the head. Ralph Grandinetti Jr., 20, died immediately, but his brother remained alert and Ponticelli beat him with the gun to stifle the moaning. Authorities found Ralph Grandinetti's body behind the Silver Springs Mobile Home Park. Nicholas Grandinetti, 25, was taken to the hospital but did not survive.

Loran Cole

Age when murder committed: 27

Current age: 47

Victim: John Edwards

Year of murder: 1994

Year of conviction: 1995

Sentencing judge: William T. Swigert

About the case: Cole and co-defendant William Paul befriended siblings Pam and John Edwards while the Edwardses camped in the Ocala National Forest. All four embarked on a nature trail walk to photograph alligators. During the hike the co-defendants knocked the siblings to the ground and stole their money, jewelry and car keys. During the 18-hour ordeal Pam Edwards, 18, was handcuffed, raped twice and left tied to a tree. John Edwards, 18, a Florida State University baseball player, died from a slashed throat and three blows to the head. Cole and Paul left the scene in the female victim's car. The jury recommended death unanimously for Cole, who prosecutors believe played a larger role in the crime. Paul is serving a life prison term.

William Kopsho

Age when murder committed: 46

Current age: 60

Victim: Lynne Kopsho

Year of murder: 2000

Year of conviction: 2005, and again in 2009

Sentencing judge: David Eddy

About the case: In a video confession to police, Kopsho said the day he found out wife Lynne, 21, had an affair with another man he "was in anguish." Days later he withdrew $3,000 from the Florida Credit Union, stole a friend's .40-caliber handgun and convinced his wife to take a ride into the Ocala National Forest, where he planned to kill her. But Lynn Kopsho jumped out of the moving truck onto State Road 40 and ran 150 feet before a bullet sunk into her lower abdomen. He fired two more times from close range.

In the original 2005 trial, a jury recommended 9-3 that Kopsho die. Eddy sentenced him to death, but the Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction and sentence on a technicality related to jury selection. The second trial, in 2009, ended with a new jury recommending death 10-2. Eddy again imposed a death sentence.

Renaldo McGirth

Age when murder committed: 18

Current age: 25

Victims: Diana Miller

Year of murder: 2006

Year of conviction: 2008

Sentencing judge: Brian Lambert

About the case: McGirth and co-defendants Jarrod Roberts and Theodore Houston Jr. attempted to rob Diana and James Miller in their Villages home. The trio entered the home with the help of Shelia Miller, the couple's daughter. Diana Miller, 63, was fatally shot during the crime, which also injured her husband. After the murder McGirth used stolen credit cards to make purchases at several stores before leading police officers on a 100 mph chase that eventually ended in his arrest. McGirth, at the time, became the youngest person on Florida's death row. Roberts is serving a life prison sentence. Houston, who testified against both co-defendants, is serving a 20-year prison term.

Emilia Carr

Age when murder committed: 24

Current age: 29

Victims: Heather Strong

Year of murder: 2009

Year of conviction: 2011

Sentencing judge: Willard Pope

About the case: Carr and then-boyfriend Joshua Fulgham were convicted in the murder of his estranged wife and the mother of his children. The pair lured Strong, 26, to a storage trailer in Boardman, duct-taping her to a chair and tried to break her neck. When the attempt failed, they suffocated her with a plastic bag. Strong's body was placed in a shallow grave and unearthed a month later. Fulgham is serving a life sentence. The jury recommended the death penalty for Carr by a 7 to 5 vote.

<p>This list contains people convicted in Marion County, sentenced to death and currently on death row. Convicted murderer Michael S. Bargo Jr., 21, was sentenced to death on Friday and will be joining them.</p><p><b>Sonny Boy Oats Jr.</b></p><p>Age when murder committed: 22</p><p>Current age: 56</p><p>Victims: Jeanette Dyer</p><p>Year of murder: 1979</p><p>Year of conviction: 1981</p><p>Sentencing judge: William T. Swigert</p><p>About the case: Oats shot Dyer while she worked as a convenience store clerk in Martel. Oats' objective was to rob the store, where $100 was in the register. At trial the state presented evidence Oats had fired a bullet from close range through the woman's right eye just four days before Christmas. After his arrest he confessed to killing Dyer and admitted the day before Dyer's death he robbed the ABC liquor store and discharged a gun.</p><p><b>Ian Lightbourne</b></p><p>Age when murder committed: 21</p><p>Current age: 54</p><p>Victim: Nancy O'Farrell</p><p>Year of murder: 1981</p><p>Year of conviction: 1981</p><p>Sentencing judge: William T. Swigert</p><p>About the case: Lightbourne, a Bahamian native, killed the 41-year-old victim inside a home in Southeast Ocala where she lived alone. Lightbourne surprised the woman as she exited her shower, then raped her. As she was begging for her life, he shot her in the head with a .25-caliber pistol. During trial, the state said the defendant killed the young woman so she couldn't identify him. O'Farrell's family pioneered Ocala's thoroughbred horse breeding industry. Lightbourne had been a former employee of the O'Farrell family's Ocala Stud Farm.</p><p><b>Anthony Ponticelli</b></p><p>Age when murder committed: 20</p><p>Current age: 46</p><p>Victims: Nicholas and Ralph Grandinetti</p><p>Year of murder: 1987</p><p>Year of conviction: 1988</p><p>Sentencing judge: Ray McNeal</p><p>About the case: Ponticelli lured the two brothers to a remote location under the pretense they would be able to make a drug deal. All three men were in the car — the brothers in the front seat and Ponticelli in the back. During the ride, Ponticelli shot both in the back of the head. Ralph Grandinetti Jr., 20, died immediately, but his brother remained alert and Ponticelli beat him with the gun to stifle the moaning. Authorities found Ralph Grandinetti's body behind the Silver Springs Mobile Home Park. Nicholas Grandinetti, 25, was taken to the hospital but did not survive.</p><p><b>Loran Cole</b></p><p>Age when murder committed: 27</p><p>Current age: 47</p><p>Victim: John Edwards</p><p>Year of murder: 1994</p><p>Year of conviction: 1995</p><p>Sentencing judge: William T. Swigert</p><p>About the case: Cole and co-defendant William Paul befriended siblings Pam and John Edwards while the Edwardses camped in the Ocala National Forest. All four embarked on a nature trail walk to photograph alligators. During the hike the co-defendants knocked the siblings to the ground and stole their money, jewelry and car keys. During the 18-hour ordeal Pam Edwards, 18, was handcuffed, raped twice and left tied to a tree. John Edwards, 18, a Florida State University baseball player, died from a slashed throat and three blows to the head. Cole and Paul left the scene in the female victim's car. The jury recommended death unanimously for Cole, who prosecutors believe played a larger role in the crime. Paul is serving a life prison term.</p><p><b>William Kopsho</b></p><p>Age when murder committed: 46</p><p>Current age: 60</p><p>Victim: Lynne Kopsho</p><p>Year of murder: 2000</p><p>Year of conviction: 2005, and again in 2009</p><p>Sentencing judge: David Eddy</p><p>About the case: In a video confession to police, Kopsho said the day he found out wife Lynne, 21, had an affair with another man he "was in anguish." Days later he withdrew $3,000 from the Florida Credit Union, stole a friend's .40-caliber handgun and convinced his wife to take a ride into the Ocala National Forest, where he planned to kill her. But Lynn Kopsho jumped out of the moving truck onto State Road 40 and ran 150 feet before a bullet sunk into her lower abdomen. He fired two more times from close range.</p><p>In the original 2005 trial, a jury recommended 9-3 that Kopsho die. Eddy sentenced him to death, but the Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction and sentence on a technicality related to jury selection. The second trial, in 2009, ended with a new jury recommending death 10-2. Eddy again imposed a death sentence.</p><p><b>Renaldo McGirth</b></p><p>Age when murder committed: 18</p><p>Current age: 25</p><p>Victims: Diana Miller</p><p>Year of murder: 2006</p><p>Year of conviction: 2008</p><p>Sentencing judge: Brian Lambert</p><p>About the case: McGirth and co-defendants Jarrod Roberts and Theodore Houston Jr. attempted to rob Diana and James Miller in their Villages home. The trio entered the home with the help of Shelia Miller, the couple's daughter. Diana Miller, 63, was fatally shot during the crime, which also injured her husband. After the murder McGirth used stolen credit cards to make purchases at several stores before leading police officers on a 100 mph chase that eventually ended in his arrest. McGirth, at the time, became the youngest person on Florida's death row. Roberts is serving a life prison sentence. Houston, who testified against both co-defendants, is serving a 20-year prison term.</p><p><b>Emilia Carr</b></p><p>Age when murder committed: 24</p><p>Current age: 29</p><p>Victims: Heather Strong</p><p>Year of murder: 2009</p><p>Year of conviction: 2011</p><p>Sentencing judge: Willard Pope</p><p>About the case: Carr and then-boyfriend Joshua Fulgham were convicted in the murder of his estranged wife and the mother of his children. The pair lured Strong, 26, to a storage trailer in Boardman, duct-taping her to a chair and tried to break her neck. When the attempt failed, they suffocated her with a plastic bag. Strong's body was placed in a shallow grave and unearthed a month later. Fulgham is serving a life sentence. The jury recommended the death penalty for Carr by a 7 to 5 vote.</p><p><i>- Compiled by April Warren</i></p>